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Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: leefer on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 11:43:07 in 2008 someone cant invent a cover that can keep the rain of a pitch!I know clubs like Swindon cant afford drainage etc like Reading and with a possible move in the future investing big money for a drainage system would be a waste of cash,but surely there must be a way of protecting the pitch against the rain.
Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: Peter Venkman on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 11:48:57 I thought this was going to say.....
We can put a man on the moon but cant put one on K D Lang! :D Title: Re: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: ronnie21 on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 11:51:52 Quote from: "leefer" in 2008 someone cant invent a cover that can keep the rain of a pitch!I know clubs like Swindon cant afford drainage etc like Reading and with a possible move in the future investing big money for a drainage system would be a waste of cash,but surely there must be a way of protecting the pitch against the rain. There are plenty of options available but they are costly!! Remember the Brumbrella at Warwickshire cricket ground and I believe Brizzle Rovers hired something similar to cover their pitch on Wednesday. Unfortunately, although it keeps the water off the pitch it still has to drain away!!Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: STFC_Chris on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 12:01:56 Barnet could do with some covers, they've had another game called off today. Rain is forecast over the weekend, so what happens if the pitch is still unplayable on Tuesday? Toss a coin, play tiddlywinks?
Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: adje on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 17:08:19 Quote from: "jjedmunds" I thought this was going to say..... :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:We can put a man on the moon but cant put one on K D Lang! :D Title: Re: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: flammableBen on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 17:14:16 Quote from: "ronnie21" Unfortunately, although it keeps the water off the pitch it still has to drain away!! (resisting temptation to use the horrible good post thingy) Pretty much it I guess. You can cover the pitch but you can't magic the water away. I'd imagine that if you left a cover on for a few days with the consistant rain we've had you'd be left with a puddly mass of plastic which would be difficult to take off and with the extra weight of the water you'd probably be damaging the pitch under anyway. It's a complex problem it is. Maybe they should set up some sort of super hot giant electric blanket which evaperates the rain as it lands. Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: lebowski on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 17:38:46 also, you can't leave a cover on for too long because it will kill off the grass.
Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: flammableBen on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 17:40:58 also, lot's of money and some of the greatest scientists in the world were thrown at the moon landing problem. I'm not sure you'd get the same resources for keeping the County Ground Pitch dry.
Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: Bogus Dave on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:00:16 just build a giant sponge
problem solved Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: flammableBen on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:06:22 But it'll suck up all the moisture out of the pitch and turn it into the sahara desert, so much so that they'll have cacti (sp?) on the pitch and they'll be poisonous and all the players will die! Apart from Zaboubio who'll be saved by his magic gloves of protection (+2)
Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: glos_robin on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:07:50 Only solution I could think of would be a giant version of the the inflateable covers they use at Wimbledon for the tennis. Think a football pitch would be too big for this to be feasible however.
Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: STFC_Gazzza on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:12:50 Quote from: "glos_robin" Only solution I could think of would be a giant version of the the inflateable covers they use at Wimbledon for the tennis. Think a football pitch would be too big for this to be feasible however. Brizzle rovers did this dring the week! Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: Bogus Dave on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:15:37 Quote from: "flammableBen" But it'll suck up all the moisture out of the pitch and turn it into the sahara desert, so much so that they'll have cacti (sp?) on the pitch and they'll be poisonous and all the players will die! Apart from Zaboubio who'll be saved by his magic gloves of protection (+2) doh, how could i have missed that, its so obvious Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: Sussex on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:15:48 Quote from: "STFC dave" just build a giant sponge problem solved You stood me up today so Ben had your pint. Stop playing hard to get. :D Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: Bogus Dave on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:19:17 :soapy tit wank: sorry, thought you were only joking.
Title: Re: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 20:26:13 Quote from: "ronnie21" Quote from: "leefer" in 2008 someone cant invent a cover that can keep the rain of a pitch!I know clubs like Swindon cant afford drainage etc like Reading and with a possible move in the future investing big money for a drainage system would be a waste of cash,but surely there must be a way of protecting the pitch against the rain. There are plenty of options available but they are costly!! Remember the Brumbrella at Warwickshire cricket ground and I believe Brizzle Rovers hired something similar to cover their pitch on Wednesday. Unfortunately, although it keeps the water off the pitch it still has to drain away!!cost Rovers £45,000 Title: You can put a man on the moon but... Post by: JOHNNY REEVES on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 21:02:33 on football focus that shitty comentator was at fulham and they had the sprinklers on,ediots whats that all about? :shock:
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